University of Northern Colorado Kay Norton address hundreds during the State of the University address on Wednesday in the University Center on the UNC campus in Greeley. Among the talking points Norton talked about was the future of UNC's campus commons project.

The University of Northern Colorado and its president, Kay Norton, seem to have found the right balance in supporting undocumented students.

We like the way Norton and the UNC trustees reaffirmed their commitment to undocumented students protected by both the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and Colorado Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow bill.

We also think Norton did the right thing by not agreeing to UNC declaring itself a sanctuary campus for undocumented students.

The first action means UNC will continue to support its students, any students, who attend UNC. This seems like an obvious statement, but it's an important and perhaps brave one given President-elect Donald Trump's unknown plans regarding immigration.

The difference is in the actions required for UNC to declare itself a sanctuary campus. Those actions, it seems to us, go beyond support and flirt with obstruction of justice and have a much better chance of hurting UNC politically.

No one, we don't think, would begrudge UNC for offering support to its students. But the sanctuary campus movement requires warrants for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to come to campus and would not allow university police departments to assist federal agencies in identifying or detaining undocumented students.

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UNC reaffirmed its support of undocumented students through a resolution that says the university remains committed to the principle that all students are entitled to due process of law. Again, it's an obvious point, but it doesn't threaten the police from detaining any undocumented students in the future, if there's any reason to do so, whether it's Trump's wishes or some other reason. Due process is one of the most important parts of any democracy, and we think any agency or politician would appreciate that reminder.

The sanctuary campus, in fact, could interfere with due process more than encourage it. Why would UNC want to prevent federal ICE agents from doing their job? And in this political climate, it seems to us any notion UNC is doing so would be damaging to the university.

UNC obviously supports its students. All of them. But it's too early for UNC to do anything irrational, given we don't know what Trump will do, and we doubt any action will be quite as drastic as many seem to fear it will. We hope UNC will continue to take a measured approach, and we hope all students realize the measured approach doesn't mean UNC doesn't care about their well-being.